Oh come on, now. Don't judge my title. It's poetry. Or...add a little beat-boxing, and we've got ourselves a little rap... Okay, I'll stop now. And I mean it. (Anybody...want a peanut?)
And, there-a she is...our little Sara! Her school holds a history banquet annually for each grade, where the students represent famous people from the time period they are studying. Her school's history curriculum is learned chronologically, so 1st grade was studying the beginning of time, until the early Middle Ages (which I LOVE, by the way! Why didn't I learn history chronologically? It makes MUCH MORE sense, don't you agree? Plus, the students gain a greater world history perspective.)
Our Sara Beth was Sarah, of Abraham and Sarah in the Bible.Each student learns all about her historical figure, writes a 1-minute speech about her, creates a poster, and delivers the speech about that person at the banquet. Our Sara was convinced that Sarah in the Bible did not wear shoes... So...as you can tell, that was a battle I did not fight.
This picture makes me smile. Here are the 2 Saras...Sara Beth and her friend Sarah Grace. Sweet girls. Sarah Grace was Miriam, Moses' big sister. Aren't they just as sweet as pie?
Here's a group of the students, all dressed up and ready to give their speeches. I see King Tut, Deborah the judge and warrior, Ruth, King Nebuchadnezzar, and of course Sarah...
And here is Sara as Sarah giving her speech. Sweet thing--I'm not sure the microphone even picked up one word of her soft voice. But, you know what? She stood up there, faced a fear, and delivered a speech. We were SO PROUD of her!!!!
Needless to say, she was THRILLED when it was all over!
Sometimes, it is really heart-wrenching watching your kids go through difficult times. Almost always, I would give ANYTHING to trade places, and go through the difficult times for them. However, I know that trials are necessary for my daughters to grow into strong young women. Also, nothing gets this mama to praying like a difficulty for my child. And just like Sara Beth being thrilled when her speech was over...nothing makes this mama's heart SOAR more than seeing my daughters face a challenge and WALK THROUGH IT.
I sure love those girls 'o mine. (Can you tell?)
What was the fear you had to face back when you were in school? Do you remember the feeling of relief when it was finally over?
